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Route Reliability

Richmond → Washington

RICIAD · 100 miles · Richmond International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1,389
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,389 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RIC–IAD flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 75% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

RIC–IAD flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 75%.

Trending in the right direction.

RIC–IAD flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(203 flights)
  • Tue87%(203 flights)
  • Wed83%(197 flights)
  • Thu83%(205 flights)
  • Fri81%(200 flights)
  • Sat84%(164 flights)
  • Sun80%(192 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(356 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(332 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(225 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(106 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(345 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 80% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%114
July 202582%110
August 202587%115
September 202589%113
October 202584%120
November 202579%118
December 202565%124
January 202675%109
February 202685%105
March 202681%114
April 202691%106
May 202687%116

Based on 1,389 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.